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Christine61
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Christine61
Growing in Experience
January

All is well, I’ve located another Bunnings in my area with stock (according to the website) Thank you for your help. I’m not quite at the stage of sea ...

Christine61
Growing in Experience
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January

Thank you Eric and @Jewelleryrescue for your advice. There isn’t a great rush for it so I can definitely leave time between coats. My current hold up ...

Christine61
Growing in Experience
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Hi, I’m using Tasmanian oak hardwood panels for a kitchen bench and plan to seal it with this Cabot’s product - minimum 3 coats. How many coats should ...

Christine61
Growing in Experience
January

Thank you, iveg. The putty had deteriorated and was replaced 5 years or so ago when the outside of the house was painted. However as it’s been a worse ...

Christine61
Growing in Experience
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January

How frustrating for you! Do you think the paints you have suggested would still be effective if it’s condensation? (Sorry original owners for malignin ...

Christine61
Growing in Experience
January

Thank you @Jewelleryrescue for your input. Damp/moisture/condensation was the only reason I could think of for it to fail along the sill and nowhere e ...

Christine61
Growing in Experience
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January

Hi Mitchell, Thank you for your well considered response. I’ll look into the products mentioned. I’d thought damp because the bottom areas, as shown, ...

Christine61
Growing in Experience
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       I suspect when my verandahs were closed in in the 40s (to accomodate 6 children in a 4 room cottage) that damp proofing wasn’t a high priori ...

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Bunnings Team Member EricL
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January

Hello @Christine61 I'm in total agreement with @Jewelleryrescue. A minimum of two coats will be good but a third coat is excellent way to protect t ...

Jewelleryrescue
Kind of a Big Deal
January

Hi @Christine61 A standard two coats will give it a good surface seal from underneath. Water entering from the edges is a weak point in most timber ...

iveg
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January

Hi Christine61,Good advice from Mitch as always. If these are old window frames they usually put putty in the framing of the windows from the outside ...

Bunnings Team Member MitchellMc
Bunnings Team Member
January

The Aquanamel is moisture resistant and the higher the gloss level, the better @Christine61. I was just pointing out an extreme case where condensatio ...

Bunnings Team Member MitchellMc
Bunnings Team Member
2 replies
January

Water from condensation sitting on the paint surface won't help the cause @Christine61. I re-painted some sills less than five years ago in our bedroo ...

Jewelleryrescue
Kind of a Big Deal
4 replies
January

Hi @Christine61 Good paint job done 20 years ago it lasted well sadly painting is a normal house maintenance. My painter across the road touches ...

Bunnings Team Member MitchellMc
Bunnings Team Member
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January

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @Christine61. It's great to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about painting window frame ...

Jewelleryrescue
Kind of a Big Deal
January

Hi @rachell505 I have done similar to what @Christine61 suggested that is green PVC caoted wire mesh i placed on top of my fence to stop m ...

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Christine61
Growing in Experience
January

All is well, I’ve located another Bunnings in my area with stock (according to the website) Thank you for your help. I’m not quite at the stage of sea ...

Christine61
Growing in Experience
1 reply
January

How frustrating for you! Do you think the paints you have suggested would still be effective if it’s condensation? (Sorry original owners for malignin ...

Christine61
Growing in Experience
January

Thank you @Jewelleryrescue for your input. Damp/moisture/condensation was the only reason I could think of for it to fail along the sill and nowhere e ...

Christine61
Growing in Experience
9 replies

       I suspect when my verandahs were closed in in the 40s (to accomodate 6 children in a 4 room cottage) that damp proofing wasn’t a high priori ...

Christine61
Growing in Experience
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January

Could you close the gap with lattice to match the other side? For the shutters, maybe large (wire or cat proof mesh) flyscreens you could slide across ...

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